MURRIETA: Valentines crafted for vets

MURRIETA ---- Students at eight elementary schools crafted
nearly 6,500 Valentines for veterans earlier this month during a
contest sponsored by the Murrieta Valley Council PTA to see which
campus could produce the most cards.

Alta Murrieta Elementary took the honors, with students there
producing 1,877 holiday messages. A trophy was presented to the
school on Friday.

Kelly Breen-Stottman, the military chair for the Council PTA,
said the Valentines will be distributed to veterans at retirement
facilities, VFWs, local military bases and VA centers, as well as
to troops who are stationed in Afghanistan.

The other seven elementary schools that participated in the
contest and how many cards they produced: